![]() Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca (MEH'-met AH'-lee AH'-juh). In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. (Billie Jean King soundly defeated Riggs at the Houston Astrodome in September.) In 1973, in tennis' first so-called "Battle of the Sexes," Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Court 6-2, 6-1 in Ramona, California. In 1968, a one-day general strike took place in France in support of student protesters. In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, were spat upon and their limousine battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. ![]() In 1940, in his first speech as British prime minister, Winston Churchill told Parliament, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." Lawrence (also known as Lawrence of Arabia) was critically injured in a motorcycle accident in Dorset, England he died six days later. In 1917, three shepherd children reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary near Fatima, Portugal it was the first of six such apparitions that the children claimed to have witnessed. In 1846, the United States declared that a state of war already existed with Mexico. In 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day). In 1568, forces loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots were defeated by troops under her half-brother and Regent of Scotland, the Earl of Moray, in the Battle of Langside, thwarting Mary's attempt to regain power almost a year after she was forced to abdicate. (On some of the stamps, the "Jenny" was printed upside-down, making them collector's items.) airmail stamp, costing 24 cents and featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, was publicly issued. Today is Sunday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2018.
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